TNA Boycott Clinton/Bush Dinner

(TLA) Domnique De Melo in Colombo, SLT 6.00 A.M Tuesday 22 February 2005. LTTE proxy party, Tamil National Alliance (TNA) on Sunday boycotted the dinner hosted by President Chandrika Kumaratunga, in honour of former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush (Snr) President Kumratunge sent invitations to all the party leaders to attend the dinner. However, TNA and its leader R.Sampanthan did not attend the dinner. Tamil political sources told The Lanka Academic that the TNA decided to boycott the dinner hosted in honour of the two American leaders. LTTE is banned in the United States and listed as a terrorist group. The United States did not allow LTTE theoretician Anton Balasingham who is a British citizen, to attend the Washington donor conference some time back. US President George Bush (jnr) appointed former Presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush to lead private fundraising efforts in the wake of the Tsunami. Their visit to Sri Lanka was a part of that effort.